When we stand up for the speech rights of repellent figures, we inevitably leave ourselves open to the accusation of complicity. To assume that defending another’s right to speech is a form of approval of its substance is a grave error that discourages many of us from upholding the principle. The majority of those who oppose the criminalisation of racist speech do so precisely because they abhor racism. They would prefer such individuals to be challenged and, if possible, shown how their prejudice is fundamentally irrational. While it is true that most of us, myself included, lack the patience
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